The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Accha4 (adj.) [Ved. %k+a] hurtful, painful, bad DhA iv.163 (˚ruja).
Acchaka
Acchaka = accha2, a bear J v.71.
Acchati
Acchati [Vedic !syati & !ste, !s; cp. Gr. h_(stai] 1. to sit, to sit still Vin i.289; A ii.15; It 120 (in set carati
ti&&hati a. sayati, where otherwise nisinna stands for acchati); Vv 741 (= nis"dati VvA 298); PvA 4. -- 2. to
stay, remain, to leave alone Th 1, 936; J iv.306. -- 3. to be, behave, live Vin ii.195; D i.102; S i.212; Vv
112; Pv iii.31 (= nis"dati vasati PvA 188); Miln 88; DhA i.424. In this sense often pleonastic for finite verb,
thus aggi'
-- 9 --
karitv! a. (= aggi' karoti) D i.102; aggi' paricaranto a. (= aggi' paricarati) DA i.270; tanta' pas!rento a. (=
tanta' pas!reti) DhA i.424. -- Pot. acche It 110; aor. acchi Vin iv.308; DhA i.424.
Acchanna
Acchanna (adj.) [pp. of acch!deti] covered with, clothed in, fig. steeped in (c. loe.) J jii.323 (lohite a. =
nimugga C.). At D i.91 nacchanna is for na channa (see channa2) = not fair, not suitable or proper
(pa&ir(pa).
Acchambhin
Acchambhin (adj.) [a + chambhin] not frightened, undis- mayed, fearless Sn 42 (reading achambhin; Nd2
13 expls. abh"ru anutr!si etc.); J vi.322 (= nikkampa C.). See chambhin.
Acchar!
Acchar!1 (f.) [etym. uncertain, but certainly dialectical; Trenckner connects it with !cchurita (Notes 76);
Childers compares Sk. ak+ara (see akkhara); there may be a connection with akkha*a in akkha*a -- vedhin
(cp. BSk. accha&! Divy 555), or possibly a relation to ! + tsar, thus meaning "stealthily", although the
primary meaning is "snapping, a quick sound"] the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the
finger -- tips: 1. (lit.) acchara' paharati to snap the fingers J ii.447; iii.191; iv.124, 126; v.314; vi.366; DhA
i.38, 424. -- As measure: as much as one may hold with the finger -- tips, a pinch J v.385; DhA ii.273
(˚gaha*amatta'); cp. ekacchara -- matta DhA ii.274. -- 2. (fig.) a finger's snap, i. e. a short moment, in
ek˚acchara -- kkha*e in one moment Miln 102, and in def. of acchariya (q. v.) at DA i.43; VvA 329. --
sangh!ta the snapping of the fingers as signifying a short duration of time, a moment, ˚matta momentary,
only for one moment (cp. BSk. accha&!sangh!ta Divy 142) A i.10, 34, 38; iv.396; Th 1, 405; 2, 67 (expld.
at ThA 76 as gha&ik!mattam pi kha*a' angulipo&hanamattam pi k!la'). -- sadda the sound of the snapping
of a finger J iii.127.
Acchar!
Acchar!2 (f.) [Vedic apsaras = !pa, water + sarati, orig; water nymph] a celestial nymph M i.253 (pl.
acchar!yo) ii.64; Th 2, 374 (= devacchar! ThA 252); J v.152 sq. (Alambus! a.) Vv 55 (= devakaññ! VvA
37); Vv 172; 1811 etc.; DhA iii.8, 19; PvA 46 (dev˚); Miln 169; Sdhp 298.
Accharika